Notes on Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 of the bicolor species-group in Israel, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Five species of Cataglyphis belonging to the bicolor species-group are recorded from Israel, including a new species, C. israelensis n. sp. The relationships of the new species with other bicolor group species in the region, and relationships among species in the niger species-complex are discussed. The identification of isolated specimens belonging to the five Israeli species by morphological characters is investigated.

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Tel Aviv University
Israel

Keywords

new species, Ants/classification, Ants, Cataglyphis, ants, Biodiversity, middle east, Hymenoptera, Middle East, [SDV.BID.SPT] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Systematics, Phylogenetics and taxonomy, [SDV.BA.ZI] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Animal biology/Invertebrate Zoology, morpho met ry, Israel, Hymenopteran, Formicidae, Hymenoptera/classification

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